Fritz Sperling (1 August 1945 – 16 September 2022) was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| World Championships | ||
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1973 Lake Placid | Four-man |
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1974 St. Moritz | Four-man |
Competing in three Winter Olympics, Sperling earned his best finish of fourth in the two-man event at Innsbruck in 1976.[1]
Sperling died on 16 September 2022, at the age of 77.[2]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fritz Sperling Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Trauer um Bobpilot Fritz Sperling". olympia.at (in German). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
External links edit
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 561-2.
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